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Two new neotropical species of predaceous midges of the tribe sphaeromiini (Diptera: ceratopogonidae)

Abstract

Two new Neotropical species of the tribe Sphaeromiini are described and illustrated, Mallochohelea limitrofe from Argentina and Uruguay, and Neobezzia wirthi from Argentina. The first species is only known from the female sex, being the second one described from both, female and male specimens.

Neotropical predaceous midges; Tribe Sphaeromiini; mallochohelea limitrofe n. sp.; Neobezzia wirthi n. sp.


ABSTRACT

Two new neotropical species of predaceous midges of the tribe sphaeromiini (Diptera: ceratopogonidae)

Gustavo R. Spinelli1

Maria Luiza Felipe Bauer2

Instituto de Limnología Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet, La Plata, Argentina

Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Entomologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Two new Neotropical species of the tribe Sphaeromiini are described and illustrated, Mallochohelea limitrofe from Argentina and Uruguay, and Neobezzia wirthi from Argentina. The first species is only known from the female sex, being the second one described from both, female and male specimens.

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Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    24 June 2009
  • Date of issue
    Mar 1990
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